Samuel Vestey, 3rd Baron Vestey

The Right Honourable
The Lord Vestey
Bt KCVO GCStJ DL
The Right Honourable The Lord Vestey Bt KCVO GCStJ DL
	Lord Vestey, Master of the Horse, riding to The Queen's Birthday Parade in 2009
Born	19 March 1941 (age 83)
Nationality	British
Education	Eton College; Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Occupation(s)	Chairman, Vestey Group
Title	3rd Baron Vestey;; Master of the Horse
Predecessor	Samuel, 2nd Baron Vestey
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Kathryn Eccles (m. 1977; div. 1981); Celia Knight; (m. 1981)
Children	5
Parent(s)	Hon. William Vestey; Pamela Armstrong

Samuel George Armstrong Vestey, 3rd Baron Vestey Bt, KCVO, GCStJ, DL (born 19 March 1941) is a British peer, landowner, and businessman.

Lord Vestey currently serves as Master of the Horse to the Royal Household.^[1]

Early life

Samuel Vestey was born on 19 March 1941, the son of Captain Hon. William Howarth Vestey, a member of the Scots Guards who was killed in action in 1944 during the Second World War. Through his mother, Pamela (née Armstrong), he is a great-grandson of the celebrated opera singer Dame Nellie Melba.^[2] He was educated at Eton College, before attending Sandhurst and serving as a Lieutenant in the Scots Guards.

Business career

Vestey has been the chairman of the Vestey Group since 1995, and was the chairman of the Meat Training Council^[3] from 1991–95. He is also a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Butchers. In 1980, A Sunday Times investigation revealed that he and his cousin, Edmund, were found to have paid just £10 in tax on the family business’s £2.3m profit made by the Dewhurst chain. ^[4]^[5]

Wave Hill Walk-Off

In popular culture

Vestey's battle with the native Australian Gurindji people over working conditions and native land claims was chronicled in Paul Kelly's song "From Little Things Big Things Grow", originally released on his 1991 album Comedy. Vestey also features in Ted Egan's song "Gurindji Blues", which is about the land rights and working conditions of Australian aboriginal people at Wave Hill Cattle Station in the Northern Territory.^[6]

Public Service

In 1954 Vestey succeeded his grandfather in the peerage title at the age of thirteen. His family seat is Stowell Park Estate in Gloucestershire, where his father is buried. ^[7] ^[8]

He was Chancellor (1988–91) and Lord Prior of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (1991–2002) having been appointed Bailiff Grand Cross (GCStJ) in 1987.^[9] He became a Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucestershire in 1982.

Vestey has served as Master of the Horse to the Royal Household, to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom since 1999, who appointed him Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in the 2009 Birthday Honours.^[10]

Personal life

Vestey married Kathryn Eccles (died 13 December 2017) ^[11] on 11 September 1970 and they were divorced in 1981. They have two daughters and four grandchildren:

The Honorable Saffron Alexandra Vestey (27 August 1971) she married Matthew Idiens and they were divorced in 2001. They have two children. She married Charles Foster in 2008.
- Megan Rose Idiens (27 July 1998)
- Alfred Idiens
- Evelyn Grace Foster (6 March 2009)
- William George Foster (7 November 2011)
The Honorable Flora Grace Vestey (22 September 1978) she married Laurence J. Kilby and they were divorced in 2010. She married James Hall in 2011.

He married Celia Knight on 22 December 1981 ^[12]. They have three children:

The Honorable William Guy Vestey (27 August 1983) he married Violet Henderson on 6 February 2013. They have one daughter:
- Ella Victoria Vestey (13 July 2015)
The Honorable Arthur George Vestey (1985) he married Hon. Martha Beaumont in June 2015. They have one son:
- Frank William Vestey (25 July 2016)
The Honorable Mary Henrietta Vestey (1992)

His elder son, The Hon. William Guy Vestey,^[13] served as a Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth II from 1995 to 1998.^[14]^[15]

The Vestey family's combined wealth (Lord Vestey, with his cousin, Edmund Hoyle Vestey) amounts to approximately £1.2 billion according to the Sunday Times Rich List 2013.^[16]

Titles, styles and arms

Titles and styles

19 March 1941 – 4 May 1954: The Honourable Samuel Vestey
4 May 1954 – present: The Right Honourable The Lord Vestey

Honours

Orders

Baronet, 3rd Baronet Vestey of Bessémer House
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Grand Bailiff of the Order of St John

Medals

United Nations Medal for the UNFICYP mission
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
Service Medal of the Order of St John

Arms

Coat of arms of Samuel Vestey, 3rd Baron Vestey
Coronet Crest In front of a Springbok's Head couped at the neck Proper three Mullets fesswise Azure Escutcheon Azure in base barry wavy of four Argent and of the First an Iceberg issuant Proper on a Chief of the Second three Eggs also Proper Supporters Dexter: a Sheep Proper; Sinister: a Bull Argent Motto "E Labore Stabilitas" (Out of hard work comes stability) Orders The Royal Victorian Order circlet: VICTORIA The Badge of the Order of St John: Maltese Cross.

References

^ Profile, royal.gov.uk; accessed 29 August 2015. Archived 25 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine
^ Profile, burkespeerage.com; accessed 29 August 2015.
^ Profile, meattraining.org.uk; accessed 29 August 2015. Archived 5 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
^ Bryant, Chris (7 September 2017). "How the aristocracy preserved their power". Retrieved 10 May 2018 – via www.theguardian.com.
^ "Heirs and disgraces". the Guardian. 11 August 1999. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
^ "Gurindji Blues". Collaborating for Indigenous Rights. The National Museum of Australia. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
^ "CPT William Howarth Vestey" findagrave.com July 17, 2017
^ Profile, guardian.co.uk; accessed 29 August 2015.
^ Profile, debretts.com; accessed 29 August 2015.
^ "No. 59090". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 2009. p. 3.
^ "Samuel George Armstrong Vestey, 3rd Baron Vestey" thepeerage.comJuly 17, 2017
^ "Vestey, Baron (UK, 1922)" Cracroft's Peerage July 17, 2017
^ Mosley, Charles (ed.) (2003). Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 107th edn. London: Burke's Peerage & Gentry Ltd. p. 4004 (VESTEY, B). ISBN 0-9711966-2-1. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
^ "No. 54036". The London Gazette. 16 May 1995. p. 6949.
^ Profile, guardian.co.uk; accessed 29 August 2015.
^ Profile, bbc.co.uk; accessed 29 August 2015.

External links

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Samuel Vestey (2nd Baron)	Baron Vestey 1954–present	Incumbent Heir apparent: The Hon. William Vestey
Court offices
Preceded by The Lord Somerleyton	Master of the Horse 1999–present	Incumbent Designated successor: The Lord de Mauley
Other offices
Preceded by The Lord Grey of Naunton	Lord Prior of St John 1991–2002	Succeeded by Colonel Eric Barry
Order of precedence in England and Wales
Preceded by The Earl Peel as Lord Chamberlain	Gentlemen Master of the Horse	Succeeded by The Duke of Somerset

[1] Profile, royal.gov.uk; accessed 29 August 2015. Archived 25 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Profile, burkespeerage.com; accessed 29 August 2015.

[3] Profile, meattraining.org.uk; accessed 29 August 2015. Archived 5 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Bryant, Chris (7 September 2017). "How the aristocracy preserved their power". Retrieved 10 May 2018 – via www.theguardian.com.

[5] "Heirs and disgraces". the Guardian. 11 August 1999. Retrieved 10 May 2018.

[6] "Gurindji Blues". Collaborating for Indigenous Rights. The National Museum of Australia. Retrieved 4 January 2016.

[7] "CPT William Howarth Vestey" findagrave.com July 17, 2017

[8] Profile, guardian.co.uk; accessed 29 August 2015.

[9] Profile, debretts.com; accessed 29 August 2015.

[10] "No. 59090". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 2009. p. 3.

[11] "Samuel George Armstrong Vestey, 3rd Baron Vestey" thepeerage.comJuly 17, 2017

[12] "Vestey, Baron (UK, 1922)" Cracroft's Peerage July 17, 2017

[13] Mosley, Charles (ed.) (2003). Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 107th edn. London: Burke's Peerage & Gentry Ltd. p. 4004 (VESTEY, B). ISBN 0-9711966-2-1. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)

[14] "No. 54036". The London Gazette. 16 May 1995. p. 6949.

[15] Profile, guardian.co.uk; accessed 29 August 2015.

[16] Profile, bbc.co.uk; accessed 29 August 2015.

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